LA PALMA, the "beautiful island"
This island is part of the Canary archipelago , English region located in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,400 km south European continent and very close - 100/350 km - the coast of Africa (southern Morocco. )
Size: 708.32 km2 Population
: 90/100.000 inhabitants
is known as the "beautiful island" having scenic wooded with luxuriant pine and laurel, and numerous valleys and cliffs.
Part of these forests are wet by clouds and mists that cause the trade winds in the mountains and, with warm temperatures, water vapor condenses on the leaves and stems producing called "horizontal rain"
The relive their mountains - the mountain Roque de los Muchachos rises to 2,426 m. - And his sudden physical conformation is a product of volcanism that gave rise to the island about 2 million years.
Subsequently, more recently, outbreaks have occurred in several of the existing volcanoes the years 1470/1492, 1585, 1677, 1712, 1949 and the last in the so-called San Juan de Teneguía that was triggered by an eruption in 1971. Therefore
volcanologists remain vigilant and investigate the likely risk of new activities in the future.
Product of past volcanism is a great depression to the north call Caldera where the National Park the same name. Paque
addition
National Caldera, with its impressive interior slopes, also owns several other Protected Natural Areas as the Forest / Canal de los Tilos and Natural Paques and Snow Summit Old.
The climate of the island varies slightly between N / S and between the highlands and the coast, although the average temperature remains alrrededor of 18/22 ° C
The economy is predominantly based on agriculture , ( vegetables, vines and fruits, especially bananas ), livestock (goats which gives excellent cheeses ) and tourism progressively increasing (80% German tourists residents )
major municipalities and towns are Los Llanos and Santa Cruz de La Palma.
has a airport and there are regular services ships (ferries) to and from Santa Cruz de La Palma, Tenerife and other islands. Overland
can use NSP bus or guagara "which flows to municipalities from the same Tarver correteras a network of curvy has improved in recent years.
Given the excellent visibility of the sky, there are several telescopes in Astronomical Observatory Roque de los Muchachos .
LINKS TO EXPAND:
Images, photographs and videos of La Palma - www.google.es / images
Images Caldera - www.google.es / images
Isla de la Palma - es.wikipedia.org
Videos / Songs - Isas Canary Islands - www.google.es ----------------
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